Steam News13 July 20223y ago

Crown of Pain - Combat Update

Combat Dear players! As per your response on game release, it quickly became clear to us that game needs more clarity and consistency combat wise. This patch addresses this.

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What changed

5 fixes4 additions5 changes2 removals

Gameplay
Fixes
UI and audio
Balance

changedCombatDear players! As per your response on game release, it quickly became clear to us that game needs more clarity and consistency combat wise. This patch addresses this. Basic attacks now give match blocks, while special abilities consumes them. You can equip any abilities now, but their order will now matter greatly as matches will be consumed based on that order. Find our more in our description:

addedCombatThis change took a lot of time and a lot of experimentation, but we are now confident that combat feels much more satisfying and look forward into finally adding more content as the game develops.

removedInputBased on feedback we changed the input system that blocks now can only be dragged into direction and move happens right away. Input where selecting block and then clicking to other in order to move elements has been removed.

changedOther ChangesImproved randomness for match blocks. New blocks are less random: they rely more on the blocks falling down

fixedOther ChangesFixed issue with blocks sometimes switching randomly

addedOther ChangesAdded UI indicator when matching input is blocked while there are on-going actions

Crown of Pain changes

changedDear players! As per your response on game release, it quickly became clear to us that game needs more clarity and consistency combat wise. This patch addresses this. Basic attacks now give match blocks, while special abilities consumes them. You can equip any abilities now, but their order will now matter greatly as matches will be consumed based on that order. Find our more in our description:

addedThis change took a lot of time and a lot of experimentation, but we are now confident that combat feels much more satisfying and look forward into finally adding more content as the game develops.

removedBased on feedback we changed the input system that blocks now can only be dragged into direction and move happens right away. Input where selecting block and then clicking to other in order to move elements has been removed.

changedImproved randomness for match blocks. New blocks are less random: they rely more on the blocks falling down

fixedFixed issue with blocks sometimes switching randomly

Combat

Dear players! As per your response on game release, it quickly became clear to us that game needs more clarity and consistency combat wise. This patch addresses this. Basic attacks now give match blocks, while special abilities consumes them. You can equip any abilities now, but their order will now matter greatly as matches will be consumed based on that order. Find our more in our description:

This change took a lot of time and a lot of experimentation, but we are now confident that combat feels much more satisfying and look forward into finally adding more content as the game develops.

Input

Based on feedback we changed the input system that blocks now can only be dragged into direction and move happens right away. Input where selecting block and then clicking to other in order to move elements has been removed.

Other Changes

Improved randomness for match blocks. New blocks are less random: they rely more on the blocks falling down
Fixed issue with blocks sometimes switching randomly
Added UI indicator when matching input is blocked while there are on-going actions
Reverted additional element showing while there are no selected special abilities. Each match block has an equal chance to show up now
Effects applied on the targets are now applied right away. [changed from the end of the turn]
Effects are now removed at the end of the turn (after all abilities/attacks are performed)
Fixed issue where match block removal trigger did damage for 1 tick. (no damage no longer applied, as expected)
Fixed faith giving animation upon enemy death
Improved animation timing for special abilities
Fixed animation for effect show & hide
Added UI to display leftover resources at the top-left corner
Fixed issue where attacks that consumed elements did not perform abilities upon next wave arrival
Added UI indicator for performing ability

Thank you so much for your time and let us know if any issues come up!

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Steam News / 13 July 2022

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